OBAMA TO CEOs: Here's Why You Should Support My Economic Agenda

President Barack Obama had a lengthy conversation at an event
hosted by the Business Roundtable, an association of American
CEOs, on Wednesday.

In the discussion, Obama pointed out areas where he said the
policies of his administration are in line with the interests of
the business community. Obama
mainly focused on his immigration reform push, but he also
listed three other areas where he said his agenda can
help corporate America:

Infrastructure:Obama
described this as "one area where we need to go ahead and make
significant investments."

"Anybody who
travels around the world and looks at what airports outside of
the United States now look like — and roads, and trains, and
ports, ... now look like — recognizes it makes no sense for us to
have a first-class economy but second-class infrastructure," said
Obama.

Tax
Reform: "I've consistently
said that for us to have a system in which we have, on paper, one
of the two or three-highest tax rates in the world when it comes
to corporate taxation but in practice there's so many loopholes
that you get so many loopholes between what companies pay,
doesn't make sense."

Trade:"In
Asia, there is a great hunger for engagement with the United
States of America and the Trans-Pacific Partnership is moving
forward," Obama said. "We are optimistic about getting a deal
done."